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ISTANBUL Turkey said on Sunday that Kurdish militants may be responsible for the two bombs that killed 38 people and wounded 155 in what looked to be a coordinated attack on police outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul after a match between two top teams. The blasts on Saturday night – a car bomb outside the Vodafone Arena, home to Istanbul’s Besiktas soccer team, followed by a suicide bomb attack…

Rescue and medics carry a wounded person after attacks in Istanbul, late Saturday. Two explosions struck outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home. Cansu Alkaya/AP hide caption toggle caption Cansu Alkaya/AP Rescue and medics carry a wounded person after attacks in Istanbul, late Saturday. Two explosions struck outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home. Cansu Alkaya/AP Updated at 9:30 ET…

TOKYO –  Tokyo held a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday for a $1.5 billion National Stadium to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and other dignitaries launched the construction at the site of the demolished National Stadium, which was used during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, by putting their hands on a glass sphere that rotated through pastels of the colors of the Olympic…

Turkish police officer cordon off the roads leading to the area of the Besiktas football club stadium, in Istanbul, late Saturday. Two loud explosions have been heard near the newly-built soccer stadium. Turkish authorities have banned distribution of images relating to the Istanbul explosions within Turkey. Emrah Gurel/AP hide caption toggle caption Emrah Gurel/AP Turkish police officer cordon off the roads leading to the area of the Besiktas football club…

TORNTO – Hosting MLS Cup is, without a doubt, a milestone for Toronto FC and the city of Toronto. “We were told that if we could turn the franchise around we’d be amazed by the support we’d get and that’s what we saw,” TFC coach Greg Vanney said in reference to the team’s fans on Thursday. “They’re ready to explode and get behind our group and help get us across…

Lion hunting is an age-old tradition for Maasai tribes in southern Kenya, which used the sport as a rite of passage from adolescence to manhood for young male tribe members. With the encouragement of conservationists, amid a drop in the lion population, Maasai warriors are finding other ways to maintain their cultural identity and prove their leadership.  The third edition of the Maasai Olympics, which are being held…

LA PAZ Bolivian authorities have jailed the second suspect accused of wrongdoing in the air crash that wiped out Brazil’s Chapacoense soccer team last month, prosecutors said on Saturday. Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former official with Bolivia’s aviation authority was arrested and will be held until trial on charges that he misused his influence in authorizing the license of the Bolivian plane that crashed in Colombia while taking the team…

x Embed x Share An investigation found that Russian athletes were involved in a state-run doping system. USA TODAY Sports Russia flag bearer Sergei Tetyukhin leads the team into the stadium during the opening ceremonies for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games.(Photo: Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Sports) The indignation of the International Olympic Committee and its president, Thomas Bach, was rich. Russia’s state-sponsored doping program was a “fundamental attack on…

Lion hunting is an age-old tradition for Maasai tribes in southern Kenya, which used the sport as a rite of passage from adolescence to manhood for young male tribe members. With the encouragement of conservationists, amid a drop in the lion population, Maasai warriors are finding other ways to maintain their cultural identity and prove their leadership.  The third edition of the Maasai Olympics, which are being held…

Cycling, Britain’s most successful sport at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, has suffered a 4.29 million-pound ($5.4 million) funding cut in the build-up to the 2020 Games in Tokyo, UK Sport announced on Friday. Four of Britain’s less successful Olympic sports — archery, badminton, fencing and weightlifting — have lost all their funding completely along with the Paralympic sport of wheelchair rugby. Britain’s cyclists won 12 medals in Rio,…

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RELATED: Junior: ‘Stronger than before’ | Earnhardt medically cleared Rick Hendrick considers it a wonderful early Christmas present. Having Dale Earnhardt Jr. medically cleared to resume driving Hendrick’s No. 88 Chevrolet has been six months in the making. And the whole storied, championship organization couldn’t be happier with Thursday’s official word that NASCAR’s reigning Most Popular Driver will be behind the wheel for the 2017 season after missing the final…

They call swimming a low-impact sport because it’s easy on the joints. But sometimes it’s not so easy on the brain. We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the dangers of head trauma in sports, especially football, soccer and ice hockey. But swimming? You wouldn’t think so, but just ask avid swimmers Kate and Maria (who asked that their last names or other identifying details not be used to…

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The London 2012 Olympics were “corrupted on an unprecedented scale” by Russia’s government and sports authorities, who colluded to ensure its sports stars were able to take a cocktail of banned performance-enhancing drugs yet evade doping tests, it has been revealed. A 144-page report by the respected Canadian law professor Richard McLaren on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) also found that more than 1,000 Russians athletes across more…

MOSCOW Russia is building a $30 million complex for acrobatic rock’n’roll, a niche sport in which President Vladimir Putin’s daughter is a leading dancer and has a senior role for development, a Reuters review of public documents has shown. The Zhavoronki Acrobatic Rock’n’Roll Center will be built on the western outskirts of Moscow at a cost of 1.9 billion roubles, according to state tender documents available online, and will be…

Badminton was the big loser after UK Sport announced its investment in Olympic and Paralympic sports for Tokyo 2020. Badminton has had its funding cut despite Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge winning bronze to secure Britain’s first men’s doubles medal at Rio this year. Archery, fencing, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby will also not receive funding over the next Olympic cycle. Badminton had its funding cut from £7.4m to £5.9m after…

LONDON British police investigating allegations of widespread child sex abuse at soccer clubs dating back to the 1970s said on Friday they had identified 83 potential suspects and possible links to 98 clubs, including some from the Premier League. Police forces across the country launched inquiries after former player Andy Woodward revealed he had been abused as a boy by a youth team coach, prompting other ex-professionals to come forward…

RELATED: Timeline of Junior’s injury, recovery   For so many years we have been impressed with Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s performance on the race track — the 26 NASCAR premier series wins, the pair of emotional Daytona 500 victories, the absolutely extraordinary 14 Most Popular Driver awards.   However, what is most remarkable — and equally as important — to his legacy is the way he handled a concussion diagnosis and…

RELATED: Timeline of Junior’s injury, recovery   For so many years we have been impressed with Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s performance on the race track — the 26 NASCAR premier series wins, the pair of emotional Daytona 500 victories, the absolutely extraordinary 14 Most Popular Driver awards.   However, what is most remarkable — and equally as important — to his legacy is the way he handled a concussion diagnosis and…